She visits him at the Earle, and after she admits that she wrote most of Mayhew's scripts, they apparently have sex Barton later confesses to Charlie they did so. With one day left before his meeting with Lipnick to discuss the movie, Barton phones Audrey and begs her for assistance. Rejecting Barton's offer of consolation, Audrey explains that she feels sorry for Mayhew since he is married to another woman who is "disturbed". Before long, Mayhew argues with Audrey, slaps her, and wanders off, drunk.
When they finally meet for lunch, Mayhew, Audrey, and Barton discuss writing and drinking. His secretary, Audrey Taylor, reschedules the meeting and confesses to Barton that she and Mayhew are in love. When Barton arrives, Mayhew is drunk and yelling wildly.
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They briefly discuss movie writing and arrange a second meeting later in the day. While in the men's room, Barton meets the novelist William Preston (W.P.) "Bill" Mayhew, who is vomiting in the next stall. Irritated, the frenetic Geisler takes him to lunch and orders him to consult another writer for assistance. Still unable to proceed beyond the first lines of his script, Barton consults producer Ben Geisler for advice. Later, Barton falls asleep, but is awakened by the incessant whine of a mosquito. As they talk, Barton proclaims his affection for "the common man", and Charlie describes his life as an insurance salesman. His neighbor, Charlie Meadows, is the source of the noise and visits Barton to apologize, insisting on sharing some alcohol from a hip flask to make amends. He is distracted by sounds coming from the room next door, and he phones the front desk to complain. Back in his room, however, Barton is unable to write. Lipnick promises that his only concern is Barton's writing ability and assigns his new employee to a wrestling film. In his first meeting with Capitol Pictures boss Jack Lipnick, Barton explains that he chose the Earle because he wants lodging that is (as Lipnick says) "less Hollywood". His room is sparse and draped in subdued colors its only decoration is a small painting of a woman on the beach, arm raised to block the sun. He accepts the offer, however, and checks into the Hotel Earle, a large and unusually deserted building. Barton hesitates, worried that moving to California would separate him from "the common man", his focus as a writer. His agent informs him that Capitol Pictures in Hollywood has offered him a thousand dollars per week to write film scripts. In 1941, Barton Fink's first Broadway play, Bare Ruined Choirs, has achieved critical and popular success. Despite disagreement over certain details of the work, Barton Fink continues to be positively received, with screenwriter Charlie Kaufman among its admirers. Several features of the film's narrative, particularly an image of a woman at the beach which recurs throughout, have sparked much commentary, with the Coens acknowledging some intentional symbolic elements while denying an attempt to communicate any single message in the film. Mayhew are often seen as fictional representations. It contains various literary allusions and religious overtones, as well as references to many real-life people and events – most notably the writers Clifford Odets and William Faulkner, of whom the characters of Barton Fink and W. The diverse elements of the film have led it to defy efforts at genre classification, with the work being variously referred to as a film noir, a horror film, a Künstlerroman, and a buddy film. Prominent themes of Barton Fink include the writing process slavery and conditions of labor in creative industries superficial distinctions between high culture and low culture and the relationship of intellectuals with "the common man". Although the film was a box office bomb, only grossing $6 million against its $9 million budget, it received positive reviews and was nominated for three Academy Awards. In a rare sweep, it won the Palme d'Or, as well as awards for Best Director and Best Actor (Turturro).
The film is influenced by works of several earlier directors, particularly Roman Polanski's Repulsion (1965) and The Tenant (1976).īarton Fink had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1991. They began filming the former soon after Miller's Crossing was finished. The Coens wrote the screenplay for Barton Fink in three weeks while experiencing difficulty during the writing of Miller's Crossing.
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